Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experience nurse to join our ADHD team in the Canterbury Children and Young People's Mental Health Service.



Driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) the service provides the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

You will:

- Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions in line Promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the care pathway- Undertake initial school based and community based assessments and deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties where appropriate- Assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.



About NELFT's Children & Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)



NELFT's CYPMHS is for anybody aged between 0-18, living in Kent and is free at the point of entry. The service is also for young people with special educational needs (SEN) up to the age of 25. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III services no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS.



Structure of Children & Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)



There is one Children's Single Point of Access (SPA), a Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disabilities Service, six Locality Teams and a Crisis Team. These are located across North Kent (Dartford), West Kent (Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells), South Kent (Folkestone & Dover), East Kent (Thanet), Swale, Ashford and Canterbury and Coastal.



Our Values 2025 - 2030



Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.



Starting with NELFT



NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.



Probationary Period



This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost



Locality Team in Children & Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)



The aim of CYPMHS is to respond earlier to children and young people's needs in order to help prevent, reduce or delay the need for more specialist interventions. This transformation of children and young people's mental health services has a clinical focus, integrated with local authorities to deliver a long term collaborative approach to planning and delivering services.



CYPMHS focuses on emotional wellbeing as well as mental health and includes access to self-help tools and services based in schools and the community.



Each locality team have care pathways. Each care pathway is clinically led, with care pathway leads operationally managing all CYPMHS practitioners working in that care pathway. With the support of the team manager, care pathway leads are responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement in that care pathway. CYPMHS multi-disciplinary pathway workers and mental health workers may work across more than one care pathway in a locality team.



Care pathways include; Mood and anxiety Early Help Complex Behavioural and conduct, Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disability.



What difficulties can be referred to the service?



Mood and anxiety disorders



Behavioural and conduct disorders



Emerging personality and attachment disorders



Psychotic disorders



Deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation



Substance misuse with co-existing mental health needs (dual diagnosis)



Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) - with co-occurring mental health needs



Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - with co-occurring mental health needs



Neurodevelopmental disorders



Prolonged bereavement problems



All referrals to the service are assessed using a care pathways approach, developed in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance criteria (NICE) and based on a best practice model of treatment.



Certificates of Sponsorship



Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.



Use of AI



Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.